UPDATE: Name released in fatal accident on Licking Road

MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio–The Zanesville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol has released the name of the driver who was killed in a one vehicle accident on Licking Road.

It happened at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday near Knox Road in Falls Township.

Authorities said a 2007 Chevy Cobalt driven by 19-year-old Benny Binkley of Zanesville was northbound on Knox Road and failed to stop at the intersection of Licking and Knox Roads.

The Patrol reported that the vehicle went off the northside of Licking Road, struck an embankment, and overturned. Binkley was pronounced dead at the scene by the Muskingum County Coroner.

The accident remains under investigation.